Metro market data for agents
Boston, MA housing market — data for agents
The latest Boston, MA home prices, inventory, and days on market — the local proof points your buyers and sellers ask for. Use it to anchor a listing price: the typical home here is 11.2% higher than the Massachusetts state average and 100.3% higher than the U.S. typical value.
Data as of May 2026.
Latest snapshot — quote these in your CMA
Home value
$742K
May 2026
Days on market
8 days
May 2026
Inventory
10,977
May 2026
What to tell your buyers and sellers
Ready-to-use talking points for your next Boston, MA listing appointment or buyer consult — each is the current figure with its trend.
- ·Typical home value (ZHVI) is $741,868 — -0.1% month over month, +1.6% year over year.
- ·Median days on market is 8 days — -11.1% month over month, +14.3% year over year.
- ·Homes for sale is 10,977 — +25.4% month over month, +9.1% year over year.
13-month trends — the story behind your pricing
Other metros in Massachusetts
Sources & methodology
Every figure on this page is drawn from authoritative public housing and mortgage data, refreshed monthly — so you can quote it in a listing appointment or CMA and back it with a link when a client pushes back. Home values shown as ZHVI are a smoothed typical-value index, not raw sale prices.